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Miniature of Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Kent regarding Maine's renewed refusal to extradite
Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Kent regarding Maine's renewed refusal to extradite
Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Kent regarding Maine's renewed refusal to extradite Captain Daniel Philbrook and First Mate Edward Kellerun. "I cannot perceive in the reasons assigned by Your Excellency any sufficient justification for this determined denial to Georgia of a right secured by each State to the others, by contract clearly expressed in the Constitution and absolutely necessary to the well being of all."
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of Acting Department of State Secretary W.S. Derrick to Governor John W. Dana, sends copies of documents relating to Albert Wood's case and instructs him to investigate
Acting Department of State Secretary W.S. Derrick to Governor John W. Dana, sends copies of documents relating to Albert Wood's case and instructs him to investigate
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of Affadavit of James Sagurs, owner of Atticus
Affadavit of James Sagurs, owner of Atticus
Affadavit of James Sagurs, owner of Atticus, before Joseph Felt, Justice of the Peace. Joseph Sagurs and his brother Henry asserted that Captain Daniel Philbrook and first mate Edward Kellerun of the schooner Susan did "feloniously invigle, steal, take, and carry away without the limits of the State of Georgia a negro man slave named Atticus, the property of this deponent.." on May 4, 1837.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Dunlap Enclosing Indictment and Requesting Extradition of Philbrook and Kellerun
Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Dunlap Enclosing Indictment and Requesting Extradition of Philbrook and Kellerun
Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Dunlap enclosing indictment and requesting extradition of Captain Daniel Philbrook and Edward Kellerun of the Schooner Susan.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of [Copy] Letter from Sheriff Thomas Jones, Charlotte County NB, regarding the case of Alfred Wood with enclosed affidavits
[Copy] Letter from Sheriff Thomas Jones, Charlotte County NB, regarding the case of Alfred Wood with enclosed affidavits
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of PUC - Maine Central Railroad Company Correspondence regarding the death of James Weldon Johnson
PUC - Maine Central Railroad Company Correspondence regarding the death of James Weldon Johnson
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of Letter from Governor Schley to Governor Dunlap expressing anger at Dunlap's refusal to extradite
Letter from Governor Schley to Governor Dunlap expressing anger at Dunlap's refusal to extradite
Letter from Governor Schley to Governor Dunlap expressing anger at Dunlap's refusal to extradite Captain Daniel Philbrook and first mate Edward Kelleran [Kellerun] to Georgia. "I forbear to answer this portion of your letter in the spirit my feelings would dictate. But really Sir, I cannot avoid expressing my utter astonishment at the assumption of powers like these, and I venture to say that in the whole course of our history under the Constitution and the law I have quoted, no such pretention has been heretofore set up. Is the Governor of Maine better qualified to determine what constitutes felony in Georgia, than the Governor and the judicial authorities of Georgia?"
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of Appointment of George G. Millen as agent to receive fugitives Philbrook and Killerun [Kellerun]
Appointment of George G. Millen as agent to receive fugitives Philbrook and Killerun [Kellerun]
Order from George R. Gilmer, Governor of Georgia, appointing George G. Millen as agent to receive fugitives Philbrook and Killerun [Kellerun] and convey them to trial for the crime of simple larceny.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Kent Demanding Extradition of Philbrook and Kellerun
Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Kent Demanding Extradition of Philbrook and Kellerun
Letter from Governor Gilmer to Governor Kent demanding extradition of Philbrook and Kellerun, as, in Gilmer's opinion, the objections of Kent's predecessor Governor Dunlap had been removed.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History
Miniature of Request for Extradition of Philbrook and Kellerun from William Schley, Governor of Georgia
Request for Extradition of Philbrook and Kellerun from William Schley, Governor of Georgia
Correspondence from William Schley, Governor of Georgia, to Robert Dunlap, Governor of Maine, requesting the extradition of Captain Daniel Philbrook and Edward Kellerun to Georgia for the crime of "feloniously inveigling, stealing, and carrying away, a negro man slave named Atticus, the property of said James Sagurs and Henry Sagurs..."
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Black History